side bar images help me please!

I know it’s the most basic of questions, and I’ve searched and tried everything – but I just can’t work out how to place images in my sidebar. I’ve followed all the advice in relevant posts – but I see nothing in Firefox and just a broken image place holder in IE.
I just want to be able to insert an image with a link, before the meta links. I’d be really grateful for some guidance! I’m using the Kubrick template – http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/blog